The Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights maintains an extensive collection of human rights literature and documents at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. The Urban Morgan Collection includes works on both the theoretical and practical aspects of the international protection of human rights, reports on the development of human rights case law abroad and before international tribunals, human rights journals, reports of international organizations, and significant works of fiction. The Urban Morgan Institute has endeavored to acquire literature to facilitate an interdisciplinary study of human rights and strives to maintain a current collection.

In addition, the College of Law Library maintains an archive of William J. Butler's papers.